This “Privacy Notice” describes the privacy practices of GiftE, Inc. and our subsidiaries
and affiliates (collectively, “GiftE”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) in connection with the website,
the GiftE mobile application, and any other website or mobile application that we own or
control and which posts or links to this Privacy Notice (collectively, the “Service”), and
the rights and choices available to individuals with respect to their information. This
Privacy Notice does not apply to the privacy practices of the merchant whose gift card is
sold via the Service. We may provide additional or supplemental privacy notices or
policies to individuals for specific products or services that we offer at the time we
collect personal information. These supplemental privacy policies or notices will govern
how we may process the information in the context of the specific product or service.
Personal Information We Collect
Information you give us
Personal information you may provide through the Service or otherwise communicate to
us includes:
● Contact information, such as your first and last name, email address, mailing
addresses, phone number, and company name.
● Profile information, such as your username and password that you may set to
establish an online account with us, your date of birth, your gender, etc..
● Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you
contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us online.
● Payment information, such as your credit or debit card information,
cryptocurrency wallet address, or the fact that payment was completed through a
third-party payment solution (such as ApplePay or PayPal); and, in the case of
corporate sales, bank account information and purchase order number.
● Precise geolocation information, such as when you authorize our mobile
application to access your location.
● Transaction information, such as information about the gift cards you purchase
and the personal message you may choose to include in connection with a gift
card order
● Gift card information, such as your gift card number and PIN.
● Usage information, such as information about how you use the Service and
interact with us, including information associated with any content you submit to
us.
● Marketing information, such as information such on your preferences for
receiving communications about our offerings and promotions, and details about
how you engage with our communications.
● Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but
which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Notice or as otherwise
disclosed at the time of collection.
Information we receive about gift card recipients
When a user of the Service purchases a gift card as a gift, we receive the recipient’s
name and email address or phone number. The gift buyer must have the recipient’s
permission to provide us with the recipient’s contact details so that we may deliver the
gift card.
Information we obtain from third-party platforms and social
media networks
We may maintain pages for our company, and our products and services on third-party
platforms, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, and
other social networking services. When you interact with our pages on those third-party
platforms, the third-party’s privacy policy will govern your interactions on the relevant
platform. You may choose to provide us with information through the third-party
platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Notice. If the
third party platform provides us with information about our pages on those platforms or
your interactions with them, we will also treat that information in accordance with this
Privacy Notice.
If you choose to login to the Service via a third-party platform or social media network,
or otherwise connect your account on the third-party platform or network to your
account through the Service, we may collect information from that platform or network.
For example, if you connect via Facebook, this information may include your Facebook
username, user ID, profile picture, cover photo, and networks to which you belong (e.g.,
school, workplace). You may also have the opportunity to provide us with additional
information via the third-party platform or network, such as a list of your friends or
connections and your email address. You can read more about your privacy choices in
the portion of the “Your Choices” section.
Information we obtain from merchants and third parties
We may receive personal information about you from merchants. For example, a
merchant may share your contact information with us if you have expressed interest in
purchasing a gift card with the merchant or have previously done so. We may obtain
your personal information from other third parties, such as marketing partners, and
publicly-available sources.
Cookies and other information collected by automated means
We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information
about you, the device you use to access the Service, and your activity on the Service.
The information that may be collected automatically includes your device operating
system type and version number, manufacturer and model, device identifier (such as
the Google Advertising ID or Apple ID for Advertising), browser type, screen resolution,
IP address, preferred language, the website you visited before browsing to our website,
general location information such as city, state or geographic area; and information
about your use of and actions on the Service, such as pages or screens you viewed,
how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens,
information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and length of access.
Our service providers and business partners may collect this type of information over
time and across third-party websites and mobile applications.
On our webpages, this information is collected using cookies, browser web storage
(also known as locally stored objects, or “LSOs”), Flash-based LSOs (also known as
“Flash cookies”), web beacons, and similar technologies, and our emails may also
contain web beacons. In our mobile application, we may collect this information directly
or through our use of third-party software development kits (“SDKs”). SDKs may enable
third parties to collect information directly from our mobile application.
A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor‘s computer or other
Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store
information or settings in the browser. Browser web storage or LSOs, are used for
similar purposes as cookies. Browser web storage enables the storage of a larger
amount of data than cookies. A “web beacon,” also known as a pixel tag or clear GIF, is
typically used to demonstrate that a webpage was accessed or that certain content on a
webpage or in an email was viewed, typically to measure the success of our marketing
campaigns or engagement with our emails and to compile statistics about usage of our
websites. A SDK is third-party computer code that we may incorporate into our mobile
applications that may be used for a variety of purposes, including to provide us with
analytics regarding the use of our mobile applications, to integrate with social media,
add features or functionality to our app, or to facilitate online advertising.
We may also use Flash LSO on our website to collect and store information about your
use of our website. Unlike cookies, Flash LSOs cannot be removed or rejected via your
browser settings. If you do not want Flash LSOs stored on your computer or mobile
device, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash LSO storage
using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control
Flash LSOs by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the
instructions. Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of
Flash LSOs may reduce or impede the functionality of Flash applications that we may
use in connection with our website.
Web browsers may offer users of our websites or mobile apps the ability to disable
receiving certain types of cookies; however, if cookies are disabled, some features or
functionality of our websites may not function correctly. Please see the “Targeted online
advertising” section for information about how to exercise choice regarding the use of
browsing behavior for purposes of targeted advertising.
Referrals
Users of the Service may have the opportunity to refer friends or other contacts to us.
You may submit a referral only if you have permission to provide the referral’s contact
information to us so that we may contact them.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise
described in this Privacy Notice or at the time of collection:
To operate the Service
We use personal information to:
● provide, operate and improve the Service
● maintain gift card wallets on behalf of our users and enable users to export gift
card to third-party wallets
● send gift cards purchased through the Service
● provide information about our products and services
● establish and maintain your user profile on the Service
● facilitate your login to the Service via third-party identity and access management
providers, such as Facebook and Google
● communicate with you about the Service, including by sending you
announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative
messages
● understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the
Service and our communications
● provide support and maintenance for the Service
● to respond to your requests, questions and feedback
For research and development
We analyze your use of the Service to analyze and improve the Service and to develop
new products and services, including by studying user demographics and use of the
Service.
To send you marketing and promotional communications
We may send you GiftE-related marketing communications as permitted by law. You will
have the ability to opt-out of our marketing and promotional communications as
described in the section below.
To display advertisements
We may work with advertising partners to display advertisements on the Service or
elsewhere online. Advertisements are delivered by our advertising partners and may be
targeted based on your use of the Service or your activity elsewhere online. To learn
more about your choices in connection with advertisements, please see the section
below titled.
For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety
We may use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a)
comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to
subpoenas or requests from government authorities; (b) protect our, your or others’
rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (c)
enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service or any gift card purchased
through the Service; and (d) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful,
unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.
With your consent
In some cases we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your
personal information, such as when required by law.
To create anonymous, aggregated, or de-identified data
We may create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data from your personal
information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make
personal information into anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data by removing
information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this
anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data and share it with third parties for our lawful
business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and promote our
business.
How We Share Your Personal Information
We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent,
except in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Privacy Notice:
Service providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to administer and provide
services on our behalf (such as companies that provide customer support, companies
that we engage to host, manage, maintain, and develop our website, and IT systems,
and companies that help us process payments). These third parties may use your
information only as directed by GiftE in a manner consistent with this Privacy Notice and
are prohibited from using or disclosing your information for any other purpose.
Gift recipients
When you send a gift through the Service and provide your name, we will disclose that
information to the recipient.
Merchants
When GiftE performs services, including selling or managing gift cards, for a merchant,
it may share personal information with that merchant. For example, GiftE may collect
information about a merchant’s customers from or on behalf of the merchant, and GiftE
may provide personal information about those customers back to the merchant. In some
cases, we may provide the name and contact information of individuals who purchase a
merchant’s gift card to the merchant. We may also provide the opportunity for you to
sign up to receive marketing or promotional communication emails from merchants. We
are not responsible for the privacy practices of merchants who use our services.
Professional advisors
We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers,
bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional
services that they render to us.
For compliance, fraud prevention and safety
We may share your personal information with third parties for the compliance, fraud
prevention and safety purposes described above. When we share information with fraud
prevention companies, those companies may use information about you to help us and
their other clients prevent fraudulent or other illegal transactions.
Business transfers
We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including
your personal information, in connection with a business transaction (or potential
business transaction) such as a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition,
reorganization or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy or dissolution.
Your choices
Access or update your information
If you have registered for an account with us, you may review and update certain
personal information in your account profile by logging into the account.
Opt out of marketing communications
You may opt out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe
instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us at team.gifte@gmail.com.
You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.
Targeted online advertising
Some of the business partners that collect information about users’ activities on or
through the Service may be members of organizations or programs that provide choices
to individuals regarding the use of their browsing behavior for purposes of targeted
advertising.
Users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of
the Network Advertising Initiative, or the Digital Advertising Alliance. Users of our mobile
applications may opt out of receiving targeted advertising in mobile apps through
participating members of the Digital Advertising Alliance by installing the AppChoices
mobile app,, and selecting the user’s choices. Please note that we also may work with
companies that offer their own opt-out mechanisms and may not participate in the
opt-out mechanisms that we linked above.
In addition, your mobile device settings may provide functionality to limit our, or our
partners’, ability to engage in ad tracking or targeted advertising using the Google
Advertising ID or Apple ID for Advertising associated with your mobile device.
If you choose to opt-out of targeted advertisements, you will still see advertisements
online but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to opt out, not all
companies that serve online behavioral advertising are included in this list, so you may
still receive some cookies and tailored advertisements from companies that are not
listed.
Do Not Track
Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online
services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals.
To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit the website.
Cookies & browser web storage
We may allow service providers and other third parties to use cookies and similar
technologies to track your browsing activity over time and across the Service and third
party websites. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the
instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until
you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies,
the Sites may not work properly. Similarly, your browser settings may allow you to clear
your browser web storage.
Third-party platforms or social media networks
If you choose to connect to the Service via a third-party platform or social media
network, you may have the ability to limit the information that we may obtain from the
third-party at the time you login to the Service using the third-party’s authentication
service or otherwise connect your account. Subsequently, you may be able to control
your settings through the third-party’s platform or service. For example, you may access
and change your settings through Facebook for Apps and Websites. If you withdraw our
ability to access certain information from a third-party platform or social media network,
that choice will not apply to information that we have already received from that
third-party.
Choosing not to share your personal information
Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need
your personal information in order to provide the Service to you, if you do not provide
this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to
provide you with our services. We will tell you what information you must provide to
receive the Service by designating it as required at the time of collection or through
other appropriate means.
Links to other websites and services
The Service may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, and other online
services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or
representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may
be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not
associated with us. We do not control third party websites, mobile applications or online
services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites and services
follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal
information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites and
mobile applications and online services you use.
Security practices
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information in an effort to
prevent loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we
cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
International data transfers
We are headquartered in the United States and have service providers in other
countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the United States or
other locations outside of your state, province, or country where privacy laws may not
be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.
Children
The Service is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information
from, anyone under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or
her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should
contact us. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably
practicable.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Notice at any time. We encourage you to
periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. If we
make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will notify you by updating the date of
this Privacy Notice and posting it on the Service. We may (and, where required by law,
will) also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably
likely to reach you, such as via e-mail (if you have an account where we have your
contact information) or another manner through the Service.
Any modifications to this Privacy Notice will be effective upon our posting the new terms
and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Service (or as otherwise
indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Service after the
posting of any modified Privacy Notice indicates your acceptance of the terms of the
modified Privacy Notice.
How to Contact Us
If you have a general question about the Service, you may contact our support team at
team.gifte@gmail.com. Depending on the location where you reside at, if you have any
questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, or
to request access to your personal information, you may contact:
We also maintain a Data Privacy Hotline, which is available 24 hours per day from the
United States, at +1 512-420-3399. The Hotline is the most appropriate contact for an
urgent concern, such as to report a suspected data breach regarding your personal
information; or, if you are a merchant, data of your customers.
Information for California Residents
The information provided in this “Information for California Residents” section only
applies to the state of California residents. This notice describes how we collect, use
and share your Personal Information (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy
Act of 2018, or “CCPA”), and your rights with respect to that Personal Information.
Your California privacy rights
As a California state resident, you have the rights listed below. However, these rights
are not absolute, and we may decline your request as permitted by the CCPA.
● Information. You can request the following information about how we have
collected and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months:
○ The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
○ The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
○ The business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal
Information.
○ The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information.
○ Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business
purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by
each category of recipient.
○ Whether we’ve sold your Personal Information; and, if so, the categories
of Personal Information received by each category of recipient.
● Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we maintain
about you.
● Deletion. You can ask us to delete the Personal Information that we maintain
about you.
● Nondiscrimination. You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free
from discrimination. This means that we will not penalize you for exercising your
rights by taking actions such as by denying you goods or services, increasing the
price/rate of goods or services, decreasing the service quality, or suggesting that
we may penalize you as described above for exercising your rights. However, the
CCPA allows us to charge you a different price or provide a different service
quality if that difference is reasonably related to the value of the Personal
Information we are unable to use.
How to exercise your rights
You may exercise your California resident consumer privacy rights as follows:
Rights to information access and deletion
You can request to exercise your information, access and deletion rights through the
following channels:
Identify verification. The CCPA requires us to verify the identity of the individual
submitting a Personal Information referred request before providing a substantive
response to the request.A request must be provided with sufficient detail to allow us to
understand, evaluate and respond. The requester must provide sufficient information to
allow us to reasonably verify that the individual requestor is the person about whom we
would have collected the information requested. A request may also be made on behalf
of your child under 13.
Authorized agents. California residents can empower an “authorized agent” to submit
requests on their behalf. We will require the authorized agent to have a written
authorization confirming that authority.
Sale of Personal Information
GiftE does not sell your Personal Information to third parties as defined under the
CCPA.
Personal information that we collect, use and share
The chart below summarizes our collection, use and sharing of Personal Information
during the last 12 months before the effective date of this Privacy Notice. We describe
the sources through which we collect your Personal Information in the section above
titled, and describe the purposes for which we collect, use and share this information in
sections above titled.
Category
Do we collect this
information?
Do we share this
information?
Do we sell this
information?
Identifiers
Yes
Yes
No
Online Identifiers
Yes
Yes
No
Protected
Classification
Characteristics
No
No
No
Commercial
Information
No
No
No
Biometric Information
No
No
No
Internet or Network
Information
Yes
Yes
No
Geolocation Data
Yes, if available
Yes
No
Sensory Information
No
No
No
Professional or
Employment
Information
No
No
No
Education Information
No
No
No
Inferences
No
No
No
Financial Information
Yes
Yes
No
Medical Information
No
No
No
Glossary
Category
Definition/Description (categories may overlap)
Biometric
Information
An individual’s physiological, biological or behavioral characteristics,
including an individual’s deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), that can be
used, singly or in combination with each other or with other identifying
data, to establish individual identity. Biometric information includes,
but is not limited to, imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand,
palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier
template, such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint,
can be extracted, and keystroke patterns or rhythms, gait patterns or
rhythms, and sleep, health, or exercise data that contain identifying
information.
Commercial
Information
Records of personal property, products or services purchased,
obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories
or tendencies.
Education
Information
Personal information from an educational record, which could include:
a student’s name, the names of the student’s parent or other family
members, the address of a student or student’s family, a student’s
personal identifier (e.g., SSN, student number), other indirect
identifiers of the student (e.g., date of birth, place of birth, mother’s
maiden name), other information that, alone or in combination, is
linked or linkable to a specific student that would allow a reasonable
person in the school community, who does not have personal
knowledge of the relevant circumstances, to identify the student with
reasonable certainty, or information requested by a person who the
educational agency or institution reasonably believes knows the
identity of the student to whom the education record relates.
Financial
Information
Bank account number, debit or credit card numbers, insurance policy
number, and other financial information.
Geolocation
Data
For example, your precise location derived from GPS coordinates or
telemetry data
Identifiers
Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, customer
number, email address, account name, social security number,
driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
Inferences
The derivation of information, data, assumptions, or conclusions from
any of the above categories of Personal Information to create a profile
about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences,
characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior,
attitudes, intelligence, abilities and aptitudes.
Internet or
Network
Information
Browsing history, search history, and information regarding a
consumer’s interaction with an Internet website, application, or
advertisement.
Medical
Information
Personal information about an individual’s health or healthcare,
including health insurance information.
Online
Identifiers
An online identifier or other persistent identifier that can be used to
recognize a consumer, family or device, over time and across
different services, including but not limited to, a device identifier; an
Internet Protocol address; cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad
identifiers, or similar technology; customer number, unique
pseudonym, or user alias; telephone numbers, or other forms of
persistent or probabilistic identifiers (i.e., the identification of a
consumer or a device to a degree of certainty of more probable than
not) that can be used to identify a particular consumer or device.
Professional
or
Employment
Information
This term is not defined in the CCPA, but likely includes any
information relating to a consumer’s current, past or prospective
employment or professional experience (e.g., job history,
performance evaluations).
Protected
Classification
Characteristic
s
Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin,
citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition,
physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity,
gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical
conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic
information (including familial genetic information).
Sensory
Information
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
